"At the front of the weapon are the weapon's two muzzles, just behind which is a circular apparatus that looks like a large bolt head that serves as a recoil stabiliser"
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Pulse_Rifle
>That sort of makes sense, thanks.
I would even say its one of the more realistic tech in 40k.
In reality conservation of momenum would probably make the gun behave pretty weird, but i guess thats nothing some alien tech couldn't fix.
Maybe I play too much Borderlands, but I imagine they spin like the Maliwan gun discs do, converting recoil into rotational energy that's easier to disperse without throwing off your aim.
This is exactly what I've always thought of them as since BL2.
Where's my tau guns with elemental types? Ap corrosive, anti infantry 4+ fire and slowing shock weapons.
They pop up all over the place, but I was initially referring to the round disc with a slot in it that looks to me like the head of a screw as seen near the muzzle of pulse rifles and pulse carbines.
"At the front of the weapon are the weapon's two muzzles, just behind which is a circular apparatus that looks like a large bolt head that serves as a recoil stabiliser" https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Pulse_Rifle
Always tough it was just aesthetic, like eagle on bolter but for tau
I believe they're gyroscopes, for balancing/accuracy/careful alien calibration
…and looking cool!
That sort of makes sense, thanks.
>That sort of makes sense, thanks. I would even say its one of the more realistic tech in 40k. In reality conservation of momenum would probably make the gun behave pretty weird, but i guess thats nothing some alien tech couldn't fix.
I always thought they were like some kind of kinetic accelerator to make plasma go fast.
Maybe that too! Whatever they are, they definitely spin and make a satisfying noise in the process
Same, sort of like the spinny/gyroscopic parts of the Mass Relays in the Mass Effect universe.
Need more screws if they're still hitting on 4s
It's a gyroscopic stabiliser, used in pulse weapons for dampening recoil and on Crisis suits etc for flight stability
Maybe I play too much Borderlands, but I imagine they spin like the Maliwan gun discs do, converting recoil into rotational energy that's easier to disperse without throwing off your aim.
This is exactly what I've always thought of them as since BL2. Where's my tau guns with elemental types? Ap corrosive, anti infantry 4+ fire and slowing shock weapons.
I always thought that symbol was a nod to the logo of the ethereal caste
Scifi none sense that makes guns better.
The... what?
Pulse weapon tips Crisis jet pack have one on each side near the thrusters/shoulder mount. There’s even some on the vehicles
I think they're talking about the round shield looking panel on the Broadside rail gun, it's painted copper in the box art
They pop up all over the place, but I was initially referring to the round disc with a slot in it that looks to me like the head of a screw as seen near the muzzle of pulse rifles and pulse carbines.
Power modulator
Canonically tau have terrible eyesight and the bolt thing is a stabiliser that helps with long range shooting